How To Get Cornell Out

Mark Doukellis shows us how to get Cornell out using the Pairwise Predictor: CCHA Semifinal #2: Northern Michigan defeats Ferris State CCHA Semifinal #1: Michigan defeats Miami CCHA Championship game: Michigan defeats Northern Michigan CCHA Consolation game: Ferris State defeats Miami ECAC Semifinal #2: St. Lawrence defeats Union ECAC Semifinal #1: Brown defeats Cornell ECAC … Read more

Who Is In, Who Is Out? Early Possibilities, or What I Believe May Be The Case.

It’s onto the tournament championship rounds. So with the help of our Pairwise Predictor, we can look at a couple of things and take some early looks at what some possibilities are. This is more commonly known as “What I Believe May Be The Case”. Because the Pairwise is a moving target with numbers, there … Read more

Is it really "Doomsday"?

So a few years ago when Holy Cross might have gotten in as an at-large team if it did not win the AHA Championship, some called it the “Doomsday Scenario”. So now with Niagara defeating Bemidji State in the CHA Semifinals, it is looking like Bemidji State will get in as an at-large and Niagara … Read more

Bracketology: March 9, 2010

Is it possible for the seeds to shake out perfectly so no alterations are needed? That wouldn’t give the committee much work to do, nor does it for Jayson Moy in this week’s edition.

Bracketology: Feb. 24, 2010

In Jayson Moy’s weekly look at what the NCAA tournament selection process would look like if it took place right now, the results are fairly straightforward.

Bracketology: Feb. 17, 2010

USCHO Bracketologist Jayson Moy has attendance on his mind and searches for a way to make the regionals a better draw as he breaks down what the NCAA tournament field might look like if it was selected today.

Bracketology: Feb. 10, 2010

Maine moved up in the PairWise Rankings after sweeping New Hampshire last weekend, which means someone else is out of a spot that would yield an NCAA tournament bid. Find out which team it is as Jayson Moy presents Bracketology.

A Reminder On The TUC Criteria Comparison Rule

Every year when we start looking at the PairWise comparisons, we get a few questions and one comes up more than any others. It has come up this year again. A reader wrote to us and asked, “I think that the PairWise has a bug. Miami and Bemidji State should be tied in Comparison Points, … Read more

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What, There's Already A Bracketology?

Yeah, that’s right, there’s a Bracketology today because we put the PWR up.  I think most people know it doesn’t really matter much right now, but you know what?  People like to see it.  Track your team, or the team you hate.  Have some fun, that’s what it’s all about right? So, what would a Bracketology … Read more

Bracket Analysis

Well, I hit it pretty much on the head in the Final Bracketology when I said that the committee would move Minnesota-Duluth to Minneapolis for attendance purposes. My downfall for the perfect bracket? The committee swapped the entire matchup, not just UMD and Northeastern.  So they also swapped Cornell and Princeton to keep the matchup … Read more

It's All Over

The games are done.  Thanks for reading all during the season, we’ll be back soon with our final Bracketology.

Final Bracketology: March 21, 2009

The games are done. The selections will be announced in mere hours. That means it’s time for Jayson Moy to assemble our final Bracketology of the 2008-09 season.

Should BU Throw The Championship Game?

So, should BU throw the Hockey East Championship Game? Let’s look at it this way, if BU defeats Mass.-Lowell that means the number four seeds are Miami, Ohio State, Atlantic Hockey winner and Bemidji State.  The number one seeds are BU, Notre Dame, Michigan and Denver. Michigan and Notre Dame can not play Miami or … Read more

Where Are Teams Going To Be Seeded?

Breaking things down a little bit going into the evening sessions, here are where teams can finish in terms of overall seeding: 1 – Boston University 2 – Notre Dame 3/4 – Michigan/Denver 5 – Yale 6-8 Northeastern 6-11 Minn.-Duluth, North Dakota, Vermont, Cornell 10-11 New Hampshire 12 Princeton 13 Miami 14 Mass.-Lowell/Ohio State 15 … Read more

It's Down To One Spot And Two Teams

The third place games are over with and it has resulted in this: The elimination of both St. Lawrence and Minnesota from NCAA contention. Princeton clinched its spot in the big dance with the tie this afternoon and now there is only one spot left. That one spot will go to either Mass.-Lowell or Ohio … Read more

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